Lexical Definition

‎חָזָה‎ châzâh (khaw-zaw') to see ^H:V
a primitive root

behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.

• to gaze at
• mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure)
• specifically, to have avision of

1) to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see, behold
1a2) to see as a seer in the ecstatic state
1a3) to see, perceive
1a3a) with the intelligence
1a3b) to see (by experience)
1a3c) to provide

See Greek: ἀναγγέλλω · βλέπω · γίνομαι · γινώσκω · ἐνύπνιον · θεωρέω · θεωρέω · ἰδού · ὁράω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: cha.zah (‎ח‎ֲ‎ז‎ָ‎ה‎ "to see" חֲזָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חָזָה‎ verb (almost wholly in poetry) see, behold (Aramaic , ‎חֲוָא‎, see, perceive with the eyes; Palmyrene Ethpe`el ‎אתחזי‎ = ἔδοξεν Reckend^{ZMG, 1888, 397}; Arabic , perceive with the inner vision, only; astronomer, astrologer) —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 58:11* + 6 t.; ‎חָזִיתָ‎ Prov 22:29; Prov 29:30 ‎חָזִית‎ Isa 57:8 ‎חֶזִיתִי‎ Job 15:17 ‎חֲזִיתִךָ‎ Ps 63:3* ‎שָחזוּ‎ Job 24:1 + 5 t.; ‎חֲוִיתֶם‎ Job 27:12; Ezek 13:7; Ezek 13:8 Imperfect ‎יֶחֱוֶה‎ Num 24:4 + 2 t.; 3 feminine singular ‎וְתַ֫חַז‎ Mic 4:11 2 masculine singular ‎תֶּחֱזֶה‎ Exod 18:21 1 singular ‎אֶחֱזֶה‎ Ps 17:15 + 4 t.; ‎אָ֫חַז‎ Job 23:9 plural ‎יֶחֱזוּ‎ Isa 26:11 + 4 t.; ‎יֶחֱזָי֑וּן‎ Isa 26:11 ‎תֶּחְוֶ֫ינָה‎ Isa 33:17 + 2 t.; ‎תֶּתֱזוּ‎ Isa 30:10; Song 7:1* 1 plural ‎וְנֶחֱזֶה‎ Song 7:1* Imperative ‎חֲזֵה‎ Isa 33:20; Isa 48:6 ‎חֲזוּ‎ Ps 46:9*; Isa 30:10 Infinitive cstr. ‎חֲזוֺת‎ Ps 27:4; Ezek 21:34* Participle ‎חֹזֶה‎ Ezek 12:27 plural ‎חֹזִים‎ Isa 47:13; Ezek 13:9; Ezek 13:16; Ezek 22:28. (All other ptc. forms are used as nouns, see ‎חֹזֶה‎.)

1. see, behold:
a. with the eye, accusative of thing Ps 58:9*; Ps 58:11*; Prov 22:29; Prov 29:20; Isa 33:20; Isa 57:8 God in theophany Exod 24:11 (JE); God, after death, apart from the flesh Job 19:26; Job 19:27 the face of God Ps 11:7; Ps 17:15 (after death).
b. subj. the eyes themselves; man's eyes: ‎תֶּחֱזֶינָה עֵינֶיךָ‎ thine eyes will behold Isa 33:17 also of God's eyes: Ps 11:4; Ps 17:2.
c. with ‎בְּ‎ look on (intensely, with gratification); a damsel Song 7:1* (twice in verse); Zion Mic 4:11 ‎׳‎‎נֹעַם י‎ in the temple Ps 27:4 the work of God Job 36:25 with investigation ‎בַּכּוֺכָבִים‎ on the stars, as stargazers, in astrology Isa 47:13.

2. see as a seer in the ecstatic state, with accusative of the vision seen: ‎חזון‎ Isa 1:1; Ezek 12:27; Ezek 13:16 ‎מחזה‎ Num 24:4; Num 24:16 (J E; poetry, Balaam); ‎מחזה‎ ‎שׁוא‎ Ezek 13:7 ‎משּׂא‎ Isa 13:1; Hab 1:1 ‎משׂאות שׁוא‎ Lam 2:14 ‎שׁוא‎ Ezek 13:6; Ezek 13:9; Ezek 13:23; Ezek 21:34*; Ezek 22:28; Lam 2:14 ‎כזב‎ Ezek 13:8 ‎שֶׁקֶר‎ Zech 10:2 object deceitful things Isa 30:10 ‎דבר(יםׅ‎ Isa 2:1; Amos 1:1; Mic 1:1 with ‎לְ‎ be a seer, for any one Isa 30:10 see a vision for one Lam 2:14 (twice in verse).

3. see, perceive:
a. with the intelligence, absolute Job 34:32; Prov 24:32 accusative of thing Isa 48:6 Yahweh in his temple Ps 63:3* in his providential workings Job 23:9; Ps 46:9*; Isa 26:11 (twice in verse).
b. see, by experience absolute Job 27:12 accusative of thing Job 15:17; Job 24:1.
c. provide, ‎תחזה מכל העם אנשׁי חיל‎ Exod 18:21 provide from all the people men of ability (E).

Note. — ‎בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶתֱזֶה‎ Job 8:17 is difficult: RV renders he (it) beholdeth the place of stones (the root of the plant personified) Hengst, compare Reuss and others after ᵑ6 ᵑ7. Other renderings are: pierceth (compare ‎חָזַז‎) Bö Ew Hi (‎יְחַזֶּה‎), Di De MV; between the stones it liveth (‎יִחְיֶה‎) ᵐ5 Siegf.

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